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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:02 am
Not to long ago, I completed the confirmation course at my temple and was confirmed. Since I'm pretty sure that confirmation is a strictly reform thing, I just want to know what non-reform Jews think of it. Also, what do people who have done it think. Please feel free to correct me on any points that I make here.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:10 am
Well, my synagogue is conservative, but we also have confirmation. However, it is a totally different program from the reform ones I've been to. Confirmation is the post-bar mitzvah study program. You take two classes a semester on Sunday mornings from eighth through eleventh grades. Class topics range from interpretting sections of Tanach through artwork, the Jewish sex-ed class, and everyone's favorite, the rabbi's classes: Portrayl of Judaism in Film and Portrayl of Judaism in 'The Simpsons'. I just finished the Film class a few days ago, lots of fun. Next year we get to do The Simpsons.
Anyway, besides the fun of Sunday School, we also do community service instead of class sometimes, 6-8 sessions a year. We've helped with food kitchens, made sandwiches for the poor, worked with Behred Builders (the Jewish version of Habitat for Humanity) and more. Each student is also required to do one other Jewish 'thing'. This can be another class on Wednesday nights, such as Hebrew, or participation in the youth group or a capella group, or leading a kid's service on Shabbas.
At the end of the four years, we finally get confirmed. That's not really a big deal- someone gives a speech at services, that sort of thing. And then it's done. I enjoy confirmation though- it gives me a chance to hang out with my Jewish friends, which is a change from the norm. Still, I'll be happy when I'm done next year. I'll finally get to sleep in Sundays.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:14 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:47 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:54 am
You're Lubuvitch, right? So you wouldn't have confirmation. Confirmation is post-bar mitzvah Jewish study. What actually happens as part of your confirmation changes from synagogue to synagogue. Some examples of what people do are posted above. The actually confirmation is a little ceremony to celebrate the end of your set of studies.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:01 pm
Kiashana You're Lubuvitch, right? So you wouldn't have confirmation. Confirmation is post-bar mitzvah Jewish study. What actually happens as part of your confirmation changes from synagogue to synagogue. Some examples of what people do are posted above. The actually confirmation is a little ceremony to celebrate the end of your set of studies. oh okay. im lubavitch mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:57 pm
Kiashana Well, my synagogue is conservative, but we also have confirmation. However, it is a totally different program from the reform ones I've been to. Confirmation is the post-bar mitzvah study program. You take two classes a semester on Sunday mornings from eighth through eleventh grades. Class topics range from interpretting sections of Tanach through artwork, the Jewish sex-ed class, and everyone's favorite, the rabbi's classes: Portrayl of Judaism in Film and Portrayl of Judaism in 'The Simpsons'. I just finished the Film class a few days ago, lots of fun. Next year we get to do The Simpsons. Anyway, besides the fun of Sunday School, we also do community service instead of class sometimes, 6-8 sessions a year. We've helped with food kitchens, made sandwiches for the poor, worked with Behred Builders (the Jewish version of Habitat for Humanity) and more. Each student is also required to do one other Jewish 'thing'. This can be another class on Wednesday nights, such as Hebrew, or participation in the youth group or a capella group, or leading a kid's service on Shabbas. At the end of the four years, we finally get confirmed. That's not really a big deal- someone gives a speech at services, that sort of thing. And then it's done. I enjoy confirmation though- it gives me a chance to hang out with my Jewish friends, which is a change from the norm. Still, I'll be happy when I'm done next year. I'll finally get to sleep in Sundays. That's EXACTLY like my confirmation class! Mebbe we go to the same synagogue. Which a capella are you in? I'm in Hazamir of N. VA, formerly known as AACapella.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:39 pm
kuroineko13 Kiashana Well, my synagogue is conservative, but we also have confirmation. However, it is a totally different program from the reform ones I've been to. Confirmation is the post-bar mitzvah study program. You take two classes a semester on Sunday mornings from eighth through eleventh grades. Class topics range from interpretting sections of Tanach through artwork, the Jewish sex-ed class, and everyone's favorite, the rabbi's classes: Portrayl of Judaism in Film and Portrayl of Judaism in 'The Simpsons'. I just finished the Film class a few days ago, lots of fun. Next year we get to do The Simpsons. Anyway, besides the fun of Sunday School, we also do community service instead of class sometimes, 6-8 sessions a year. We've helped with food kitchens, made sandwiches for the poor, worked with Behred Builders (the Jewish version of Habitat for Humanity) and more. Each student is also required to do one other Jewish 'thing'. This can be another class on Wednesday nights, such as Hebrew, or participation in the youth group or a capella group, or leading a kid's service on Shabbas. At the end of the four years, we finally get confirmed. That's not really a big deal- someone gives a speech at services, that sort of thing. And then it's done. I enjoy confirmation though- it gives me a chance to hang out with my Jewish friends, which is a change from the norm. Still, I'll be happy when I'm done next year. I'll finally get to sleep in Sundays. That's EXACTLY like my confirmation class! Mebbe we go to the same synagogue. Which a capella are you in? I'm in Hazamir of N. VA, formerly known as AACapella. Hoshit. I know you. Probably. I go to AAC. Um... Don't want to say who I am straight out... Not safe online... Junior, dad was the Bar Mitzvah tutor for years? You know who I am now... But I'm not in Hazamir. In case you didn't guess. I use USY for my last credit. Chapter Rel. Ed. Come to our event! I think it's October first, we're going to Comedy Sportz before the Slichot services.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:57 pm
gotyaoi Not to long ago, I completed the confirmation course at my temple and was confirmed. Since I'm pretty sure that confirmation is a strictly reform thing, I just want to know what non-reform Jews think of it. Also, what do people who have done it think. Please feel free to correct me on any points that I make here. i think thats its an attemp to identify with the more common religion( goyim) and i generally disaprove of reform as a rule. after all, what needs reforming?
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:00 pm
ZonkotheSane gotyaoi Not to long ago, I completed the confirmation course at my temple and was confirmed. Since I'm pretty sure that confirmation is a strictly reform thing, I just want to know what non-reform Jews think of it. Also, what do people who have done it think. Please feel free to correct me on any points that I make here. i think thats its an attemp to identify with the more common religion( goyim) and i generally disaprove of reform as a rule. after all, what needs reforming? Not necessarily. I mean, it doesn't have to be about identifying with the goyim. Not all of us go to Yeshiva, after all. If I didn't have confirmation classes, my Jewish education would have ended when I left Jewish Day School in 8th grade.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:03 pm
Kiashana ZonkotheSane gotyaoi Not to long ago, I completed the confirmation course at my temple and was confirmed. Since I'm pretty sure that confirmation is a strictly reform thing, I just want to know what non-reform Jews think of it. Also, what do people who have done it think. Please feel free to correct me on any points that I make here. i think thats its an attemp to identify with the more common religion( goyim) and i generally disaprove of reform as a rule. after all, what needs reforming? Not necessarily. I mean, it doesn't have to be about identifying with the goyim. Not all of us go to Yeshiva, after all. If I didn't have confirmation classes, my Jewish education would have ended when I left Jewish Day School in 8th grade. i mean the concept of "confirmation".
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:06 pm
and what needs to be confirmed? shouldnt jewish education be before bar mitzvah?
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:10 pm
ZonkotheSane and what needs to be confirmed? shouldnt jewish education be before bar mitzvah? I don't know where they got the name confirmation. Maybe that we're confirming our commitment to Jewish study? I don't know. But there's no reason Jewish education should ever stop. We should always be studying because there's always something new to learn.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:13 pm
Kiashana ZonkotheSane and what needs to be confirmed? shouldnt jewish education be before bar mitzvah? I don't know where they got the name confirmation. Maybe that we're confirming our commitment to Jewish study? I don't know. But there's no reason Jewish education should ever stop. We should always be studying because there's always something new to learn. im referring to when it should start.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:14 pm
ZonkotheSane Kiashana ZonkotheSane and what needs to be confirmed? shouldnt jewish education be before bar mitzvah? I don't know where they got the name confirmation. Maybe that we're confirming our commitment to Jewish study? I don't know. But there's no reason Jewish education should ever stop. We should always be studying because there's always something new to learn. im referring to when it should start. As soon as they can learn, of course. For me, that was a Jewish preschool when I was three. Yea, songs for every holiday and singing Ha'Motzi before snacktime!
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